Official Summaries

Passport Notification Act of 2025

This bill requires the Bureau of Consular Affairs to notify U.S. citizens at least 180 days prior to the date on which their passport is scheduled to expire. The notification must include information on the process for renewal and identify locations where renewal applications may be submitted. The notification may be in electronic or paper form.

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 457 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 457

  To direct the Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs to 
    notify United States citizens regarding passport expiration and 
                    renewal, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 15, 2025

  Mr. Steube introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs to 
    notify United States citizens regarding passport expiration and 
                    renewal, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Passport Notification Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRED NOTIFICATION REGARDING PASSPORT EXPIRATION AND 
              RENEWAL.

    (a) Requirement.--For each United States citizen in possession of a 
valid unexpired passport, not later than 180 days prior to the date on 
which such passport is scheduled to expire, the Assistant Secretary of 
State for Consular Affairs shall provide to the United States citizen--
            (1) a notification regarding such pending expiration date; 
        and
            (2) information on the process for the renewal of such 
        passport, including an identification of any relevant locations 
        at which materials required for such renewal may be submitted.
    (b) Form.--Each notification required under subsection (a) may be 
submitted in electronic or paper form.
    (c) Applicability.--The requirement under subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to passports the expiration of which is scheduled to 
occur on or after the date that is 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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